Die apostolische Zeit
An 1839 German book, Die apostolische Zeit, printed by the Wittwe Dauvermanns press, likely for a general readership of religious history. Its single picture is a small woodcut vignette of two putti wrestling or embracing on a carved stone pedestal with a scrolled base and tufts of foliage, cut in crisp black line with hatching on a warm, toned paper. A designer could draw on its compact decorative cartouche, the playful classical figures, and the economical line hatching for ornaments or dividers.
